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deviance
[
dee
-vee-
uh
ns
]
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Origin
de·vi·ance
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ˈdi
vi
əns
/
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[
dee
-vee-
uh
ns
]
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noun
1.
deviant
quality or state.
2.
deviant
behavior.
Also,
de·vi·an·cy.
Origin:
1940–45;
devi(ant)
+
-ance
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Barber was stylistically at odds with his age, and the age treated such
deviance
harshly.
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deviance
and public humiliation have been at the center of their appeal.
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deviance
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Barber was stylistically at odds with his age, and the age treated such
deviance
harshly.
Ever since talk shows were invented, pain,
deviance
and public humiliation have been at the center of their appeal.
So when
deviance
is encountered, it becomes a matter of tribal concern.
Sure, as long as it met the standard of the academic rule, without
deviance
and without question.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
deviance
(ˈdiːvɪəns)
—
n
1.
Also called:
deviancy
the act or state of being deviant
2.
statistics
a measure of the degree of fit of a statistical model compared to that of a more complete model
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
deviance
1944, from
deviant
. A sociologists' word, perhaps coined because statisticians and astronomers already had claimed
deviation
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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